How to uninstall Valorant from PC

For whatever reason, if you want to uninstall Valorant from your PC, it’s a bit of a process. Here, we’ll walk you through how to delete Riot’s hero shooter from your computer for good.

How to uninstall Valorant from your PC

To uninstall Valorant from your PC, you must first ensure your Riot Client and Vanguard tray notification programs are closed. They may be running in the background when booting up your PC since they default to being a startup app.

Once that is all done, follow these steps:

• Press the Windows Key and i.
• Click on Apps.
• Find “Riot Vanguard” and uninstall it.
• Select “Uninstall” again when told that the app and related info will also be uninstalled.

You will see a message that tells you that the process will uninstall “Riot Vanguard,” and any programs, depending on its functionality, will stop working. 

• Select yes.
• Next, while still in your Apps & features window, look for Valorant. 
• Hit “Uninstall” and wait for the program to finish uninstalling.

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Everything Valorant-related should be deleted from your main files, but some will remain in your AppData or ProgramData folders rooted in your PC. 

Depending on whether you originally installed Valorant to be accessible to all users on your PC, there will be multiple “Riot Games” folders in areas of the drive on which your game is downloaded. 

In any case, open up your File Explorer and find the drive on which you installed VALORANT. If you find a folder with “Riot Games” on it, it’s now safe to delete, as you have uninstalled the base components of the launcher and the game.

To make sure, you can also just enter “Riot Games” on the search bar on your window to find any folders with the name. At most, there should only be two folders in this instance unless you have multiple users on your PC.

Once that is all set and done, Valorant and all other components that come with it should be gone from your PC.

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